Harrowing and plowing attachment for cultivators



March 30 1926.

J. T. sMrrH HARROWII AND FLOWING ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS filed March 14 1925 gwva'ntov Patented Mar. .30, 1926.

7 JOHN T. sivurmor CAREY, TEXAS.

I HARROWING Ann PLOWINGIATTACHMEN'T FOR cum vA'rons.

Applicati-on filed March 14. 1925. Serial No. 15,570. e

To all whom it may concern: I p j Be it known that I, Joi-IN T. SMITH, a citizen of the Ilnited States, residing at Carey, in the county ofChildress and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in I-Iarrowing and Plowing Attachments for"Cultivators, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had to the. accompanying drawings.

I This invention relates to cultivator attach- ,ments, and particularly to cultivator attachments having the form of harrows and plows adapted to be attached to the standards oi a cultivator and take the place of the ordinary cultivating teeth or plows.

A further object is to provide a device of this character in which theframe supporthr in form and is adjustable toincrease or decrease the widthiof the frame.

A still further Object is to provide a device of this character in which either plow points or harrow teeth may be interchangeably used.

Another object is to provide a harrow or plow teeth supporting frame having weed cut-ting knives detachably connected to the frame.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cultivating attachment. r

Figure 2 is a-perspective View of the cultivating attachment with spikes substituted for plows; v r Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that I have illustrated an ordinary or con-, ventional riding cultivator having the rear-f wardly extending beams A and the standards B which may be of any suitable type. I have illustrated each of the beams as being provided with a standard B and this standard being of a type which is adjustable as to inclination. To this standard B there is attached a downwardly and forwardly ex tending member 10, which may be in the form of a relativelynarrow plow point and which is fastened to the standardB by means of bolts 11. '1

Connected tothis downwardly and forwardly extending point or'member 10 is a triangular frame comprisingthe side. pieces 12 and the rear cross plece 13. These side pieces12 are so connected toeach other at nected bybolts, as will be later described.

The side pieces are connected at their rear ends'by means of a brace formed of thesect1OI1S'13 and 13*, these sections'overlapping each other'an'd beingperforated for the passage of bolts 14 wherebythe sections may be held in their adjusted positions. The

are bolted to the side pieces 12. It will be understood, of course, thata' loose connection betweenthe sections 18 and 13 'and the side pieces 12 will be SLlfllClGl'ltto permit their forward end tha-t'the side pieces 'may 1 be shifted into more or less divergent relation, and to thisend'theyare loosely con- 'endsof the sections are bent downward and thesev side piecesto be fitted over eachother I to bring their apertures into alignment,

the side pieces 12 are shifted into different angular relations.

I have illustrated in Figure 1 plow'poi'nts 15 as being mounted upon the side pieces 12 and I have illustrated these plow points as having shanks 15 twisted with relation to the plow point, extending upward against ing over and downward upon the inside face of-thes1de plece, these shanks being held in place upon the side pieces by means the face of a side piece 12, and then extendof bolts 16. I donot wish {to be limited to 'j this manner of fastening, but Ihave found,

that this permits the plow points to be readiare attached to the sides 12 of the frame by I straps-18 having bolts which pass through the apertures in theside pieces. It will be understood; that these harrow teeth may be used in place of theplow points 15 and that more or less of these harrow teeth may .be

used and 111016 OI lBSS may be used.

of the plow points tance between the cultivators.

In some cases it is desirable to set these cultivator frames formed of the members 12 and 13 laterally outward so as to space them a greaterdistance from each other than is necessary under other circumstances, and to that end I may provide an attachment shown in Figure 2 comprising a member 19 attached to one of the beamsfr of the cultivator, which member is angularly bent at its lower end, as at 20, and perforated. Coacting. with this member 19 is a second angular member 21 having a foot 22 which bears against the angular portion 20 and is held thereto by means of the bolts. These two portions 20 and 22 may be adjusted upon each other to increase or decrease the dis- The member 21 in certain respects coiiicicleswitli or is analogousto'the'member 10, as the harrow or plow frame, formed of the members 12 and 13 is connected to thelower end of this member 21 just as it is connected to the lower end of the member so that the frames will trail behind the cultivator. These members 10 and 21 each constitute foot, as it may be termed, and the foot- 10 and the member 21 applied in place of it for cultivating wide rows. 1 have illustrated the side beams 12 as being connected to he foot 10 or the foot 21 by means of transverse bolts 23', it being understood that these bolts'may be loosened in order to per soil, while the plow teeth are used to cultivate growing crops of every kind. It will be? obvious that from two to ten plow teeth can be used with the frames.

I claim A cultivator attachment comprising a member adapted to be connected toa cultivator be'amand extend downward therefrom, the member being laterally angled at its lower end and perforated, a, second memher having a laterally angled upper end adapted to be adjustably engaged with the angled lower end ofthe first named member, and a cultivating frame connected to the lower end of saidsecend named member and having cultivatingtools thereon and projecting downward therefrom.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my.

signature.

JOHN T. sMirn. 

